Srinagar, Nov 21: The 2-member team of Canadian High Commission called on the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik here on Sunday. 
 The team comprising July G. Bentley head of political affairs and Sumitra Dave, economic and political advisor of Canadian High Commission arrived at Malik’s Maisuma residence this afternoon.   
 “Past 63-years of conflict have consumed our four generations. It is the moral duty of the international community to get the Kashmir issue resolved once for all,” Malik told the 2-member team.
  “Due to changing world scenario, we showed transition from violent to non-violent struggle and it should have been respected, but instead indiscriminate force was used to crush it,” Malik said.
  The JKLF chief said, “Not a single policeman or a paramilitary CRPF trooper was killed during past five months. But we received 112 bodies which included the bodies of children in the age group of 9, 12 and 14.”
 “Government has even snatched space for the peaceful protests and I appeal the international community to play its role so that Kashmiris are not compelled to resort to the violence again. We are not against India’s economic progress but when a country is heading towards becoming a big power, peace is imperative for it, so India should resolve Kashmir for its stability and peace,” he added.
 Pertinently, the Canadian High Commission, over the past few years, has denied visas to a number of senior serving and retired officials of the armed forces and intelligence establishment, claiming that their organizations or they themselves served in areas like Jammu and Kashmir and engaged in violence and human rights violations.

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